get in the plane and fly

he sat down at a table
teeming with various odd folk.

"listen", he said,
"Im not going to lie to you...
right now my girlfriend is
whoring it up on the streets
of Rome so she can buy
bread to eat"

there were some gasps...
some nods of concern...

"so, If you don't mind...
I'm going to try terribly
hard to take your money"

yip...I played poker tonight.

(you may have questions asked
when you get back...I was fairly
convincing...and might have forgotten
to tell some of them I was joking.)

Im fairly good at it...
which means that I should never play.
This is one of your duties as my girlfriend
incidently...to keep the legendary Reichel
gambling problem at bay.
I do well, to be fair...
but inevitably, I have the same problem
that my father and brother have...
I can not entirely convince myself
that odds cannot be charmed like peoples.

enough of that.

your in Rome!
I cant tell you how
much I wish I was
there with you...

even just to be in the Vatican...
to be able to walk through the Sistine Chapel...
I think it would make me cry.
I hope you won't mind going back...
(Rome sits comfortably at #7 on my list.)

oki...I know that your going to ignore this
but Im going to write it anyway...
please, please, let know if you've run out of money.
I know that you are horribly proud
which I both love and hate...
but I know that if lucky
(about 7 years and 3 continents from now)
all of my money will be yours anyway.

alright, Id write more....
but I suspect you'd just skip over it.

Ill leave it up to you to decide about Prague.
There are some practical concerns I know...
its about a 6 hour train trip I think...
(munich ----> prague)
which means it would be quite late when we arrived.
this is fine by me of course.
but I havent been traveling for the last month...
I suspect, that even with someone as handsome as me...
its possible you might have grown abit weary of travel.
I've found some hostels that look interesting...
but none of them seem to be very busy.
I would love to see Prague.
But thats not what this trip is about.
(Besides, I totally get to pick where we go next time)
I'll hold off on booking anything until I hear from you.
I really am alright with anything you'd like to do...
I just want to be there with you.

small chance that Im heading up to Melfort tomorrow...
if so, Ill simply have to drop in on your family
(dont worry...my mother will be with me)

love you.